“Apoptotic markers Fas, FasL, and caspase‐8, up‐regulated following repeated hCG exposure, were significantly down‐regulated following NAC co‐incubation.”
“Taken together, the above findings indicate that NAC counteracted the oxidative stress in Leydig cells induced as a result of repeated hCG stimulation , and inhibited apoptosis by mainly regulating the extrinsic and JNK pathways of metazoan apoptosis.”